Linguistic characteristics of Internet chats as a type of communication

ART 14254

UDK 316.77

Authors:

Ekaterina Podgornaya,

Kseniya Demidenko

Abstract. Modern communication is characterized by the growing role of computerization, in particular the role of the Internet as a means of communication. This cannot but affect the specific features of speech acts in Internet chats. In this article we'll describe some linguistic characteristics of chats.

Keywords: information society, computer-mediated communication, computer discourse, internet chats